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Worship August 18, 2019. New Earth Band.

More youth news!! Libby and Wyatt had a great morning showing! Libby getting reserve junior champion made her day! She is still beaming from ear to ear!! Wyatt was Grand Champion with Annie!!🐄🐄

One of our youth, Kennedy!!! Her mom, Kathy Zweizig, works real hard for her family! 2nd in Showmanship 2nd in Light Middleweight Market Steer Reserve Champion Middleweight Market Steer 1st in her age group Beef Fit-Out Reserve Champion Beef Fit-Out and her heifer was 1st(only 1 in her class). Long day!!!! With awesome results that she has worked hard for!!!

Lord God Heavenly Father watch over all our youth. Amen.

Please share your thoughts/concerns with Pastor Buzzard or Joshua Potteiger. (The following article was written by Rev. Tom Brock of pastorsstudy.org. You can follow Pastor Brock on Facebook Jesus said there are two genders: "He who made them in the beginning made them male and female" (Matthew 19:4) but now it appears the ELCA will be "educated" to believe otherwise. This week in its national assembly, delegates of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America approved a recommendation to ask the Office of the Bishop (Elizabeth Eaton) to "provide materials to facilitate education among ELCA members so as to build awareness of the broad varieties of gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation among God's people, as well as to provide pastoral care insights regarding concerns and issues of the transgender experience and gender nonconformity, and to request that the Church Council consider authorizing development of a social message on gender identity and gender expression." Eaton was interviewed by a Chicago newspaper and said "...God’s creation is diverse and... the diversity of God’s creation is actually a gift. When we take a look a people’s sexual orientation or gender identity, it’s not completely binary. Everybody isn’t male or everybody isn’t female. There’s a whole spectrum to that. I think that’s something that’s new for a lot of our people to think about, but it’s the truth…" So it appears the ELCA is now going to "educate" people to see that there are not two genders but a "whole spectrum." Sincerely in Christ, Pastor Tom Brock

NALC Deacon Michael Grube leads worship.

Child sex trafficking is a serious problem. https://www.sharetogethernow.org Important information for parents, and everyone who works with children was shared during this program. https://www.sharetogethernow.org

ELCA ASSEMBLY DAY 2 HIGHLIGHT: Declaration to People of African Descent was presented to representatives of the African Descent Lutheran Association. The declaration was offered by members of the working group established by the ELCA Church Council to develop a document that expresses a confession of this church's bondage to the sins of slavery, racism, discrimination, white supremacy and quietism, and begins the work of repentance, which this church confesses to be "the chief topic of Christian teaching." "This apology is a recommitment to the process of right and equitable relations within this church, and the flourishing of Christ's church universal," Eaton said after the declaration was read. "This recommitment means working toward a deeper understanding of slavery and its legacy, of institutional and structural racism, of white privilege, and of attitudes and foundations of white supremacy. It means praying for the renewal of this church as disciples of the living Christ." https://www.elca.org/News-and-Events/7999

This is what the national church, ELCA, is concerned about. Please share your thoughts with Pastor Buzzard.

This not our Northeastern PA Synod Bishop but it lets you know what ELCA Seminaries are teaching. Share your thoughts with Council President Joshua Potteiger or Pastor Buzzard. https://www.exposingtheelca.com/exposed-blog/elca-bishop-supports-polygamy

Ceiling repairs and painting continue. Exterior painting of front door complete. White corbels on front porch look great! Red is started 1/2 way up front. (Photos by Sarah Graybill).

This is how far the ELCA has moved from following biblical principals which are taught at St. Michaels Church. Let Pastor Buzzard know your feelings. BIBLICAL—The ELCA Conference of Bishops in 1993-- "Neither the scriptures nor the Lutheran Confessions grant any authorization to the church to recognize as divinely approved any relationship other than the marriage of one man and one woman for the full expression of human sexuality... there is basis neither in Scripture nor tradition for the establishment of an official ceremony by this church for the blessing of a homosexual relationship. We, therefore, do not approve such a ceremony.." UNBIBLICAL for the most part: See picture.

Big changes coming for ELCA pastoral guidelines.

Worship August 18, 2019. New Earth Band.

NALC Deacon Michael Grube leads worship.

Worship July 21, 2019. Multipurpose

Worship July 14, 2019. Kris’s Potteiger special Music.

Worship July 7, 2019. Altar Communion.

June 30, 2019. Outdoors St. Michaelaires.

Worship June 23, 2019. VBS Closing

For our fellow disciple Trevor Fredericks who is sick and could not join us at Bible School This year. He is at home with Alysia Fredericks.

Worship June 16, 2019. Trinity Sunday.

Second part of Worship June 9, 2019